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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 6, 2006, 1:32 AM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 6, 2006, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 2006, 1:32 AM CDT (06:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2006, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2006, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Brooks County, TX, Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 88 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 395 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -564 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 935 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KBRO 060632 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 132 AM CDT THU APR 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY TODAY FOR EASTERN SECTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT...CAUSED BY THE COMBINATION OF PLAINS LOW PRESSURE AND HIGH PRESSURE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO...WILL RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY. TXZ250-251-253>257-070000- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0013.060406T1400Z-060407T0000Z/ BROOKS-KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON- COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALFURRIAS...SARITA...MCALLEN... EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE... BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 132 AM CDT THU APR 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR BROOKS...KENEDY...HIDALGO...WILLACY AND CAMERON COUNTIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS MEAN THAT YOU MAY FEEL YOUR VEHICLE SHAKE WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS THAT RUN EAST AND WEST. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KBRO 061357 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 857 AM CDT THU APR 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY TODAY FOR EASTERN SECTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE REGION BETWEEN A LOW PRESSURE PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT PLAINS AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO...WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY. TXZ250-251-253>257-070000- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0013.060406T1400Z-060407T0000Z/ BROOKS-KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON- COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALFURRIAS...SARITA...MCALLEN... EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE... BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 857 AM CDT THU APR 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH ARE ALREADY BEING REPORTED AROUND DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AS OF 9 AM CDT. THESE WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE EARLY EVENING TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH. THE WINDS MAY ALSO KICK UP DUST RESULTING IN LOCALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS MAY MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO OPERATE YOUR VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS THAT RUN FROM WEST TO EAST. PLEASE USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS74 KBRO 070004 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 704 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... .STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING. TXZ250-251-253>257-070115- /O.EXP.KBRO.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-060407T0000Z/ BROOKS-KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON- COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALFURRIAS...SARITA...MCALLEN... EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE... BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 704 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 1:41 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 17 hr |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.